Tennessee reduces coach’s pay by $1.5 million over five years: Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl acknowledged publicly Friday he gave misleading and incorrect information to the NCAA about possible violations during a 17-month investigation of his program.

“People make mistakes, and we all make them,” Volunteers athletic director Mike Hamilton said. “I’ve made them. I’ve made plenty.”

Hamilton anticipates the NCAA to levy unethical-conduct charges against Pearl and his staff, and as a pre-emptive punishment is reducing Pearl’s pay by $1.5 million over five years and prohibiting him from participating in off-campus recruiting for a year beginning Sept. 24.

Pearl provided false information to the NCAA while being interviewed in June about allegations of excessive phone calls made to recruits. Pearl notified officials three weeks later that he had provided the NCAA incorrect information.

“I’ve made some serious mistakes, and for that I’m truly sorry,” Pearl said tearfully at a news conference.

College athletics

San Francisco AD is stepping down: Debra Gore-Mann, University of San Francisco athletic director, is resigning effective Friday to pursue other opportunities.

Boxing

Mayweather is released on $3,000 bail: Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., 33, was jailed briefly on a felony charge after his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, alleged he beat her and stole her cellphone during an argument in front of their three children.

Mayweather was released from the Clark County jail on $3,000 bail after being booked on a grand-larceny charge. He could face up to five years in state prison. He is scheduled for an initial appearance Nov. 9 in Las Vegas Justice Court.

In a request for a protection order, Harris said Mayweather threatened to kill her in a confrontation about 5 a.m. Thursday at a home she says is listed in his name in southwest Las Vegas. She said he was angry about her relationship with another man.

The document says Harris and Mayweather lived together for seven years and separated in May after 15 “on and off” years.

Klitschko to defend title against Peter: Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3) of Ukraine is predicting a quick knockout in his rematch with Nigerian fighter Samuel Peter (34-3) on Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany. Klitschko has the IBF, WBO and IBO belts.

NBA

Riley isn’t thrilled with criticism of Heat: Miami Heat president Pat Riley, speaking at length with media for the first time since the team acquired LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade this summer, said he thought some critics of Miami’s roster moves should “get a life.”

On the day after Miami signed James to a six-year contract that lured him from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando general manager Otis Smith said, “I thought he was, I guess, more of a competitor.”

Riley responded to that remark Friday, saying Smith made “an absolutely stupid remark. He never made any kind of comment like that when he signed Rashard Lewis and he brought him down from Seattle with a $128 million contract.”

Nets sign Smith: The New Jersey Nets signed forward Joe Smith, 35, to a one-year contract for the veteran minimum of $1,352,131.

Olympics

Torres is training for 2012 Olympics: Swimmer Dara Torres, 43, is back in the pool and said she is training for what she hopes will be her sixth Olympics.

Soccer

Chivas USA triumphs: Justin Braun and Paulo Nagamura scored in the first half as Chivas USA beat New England 2-0 in a Major League Soccer match in Carson, Calif.